Evaporative cooling device



Aug. 28, 1951 A, T wlLDEY 2,566,276

EvAPoRATIvE COOLING DEVICE Filed May 2.11947 "75 Fiamma/gy.

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ATTDRNEYB Patented Aug. 28, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE EVAPORATIVE COOLING DEVICE Arthur T. Wildey, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application May 2, 1947, Serial No. '745,557

1 Claim.

My present invention relates to an improved evaporative cooling device of the type especially designed for use with conventional cooling systems of motor vehicles and particularly designed to aid the cooling of the engine on long sustained climbs, or when traveling over hot desert areas.

Generally my invention comprises a pair of water containers supported adjacent the upper portion of the outer surface of the radiator, with water conveying strips withdrawing water by capillary action so that the air passing through the radiator passages will be cooled thus cooling the water in the radiator, `and the moist air will improve the engine operation by providing moist air for carburetion.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment o my invention according to the best mode I have thus far devised, but it will be understood that various changes `and alterations may be made in the exemplified structure within the scope oi the appended claim.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevational View of the cooler of my invention attached to a radiator;

Figure 2 is a side view thereof;

Figure 3 is a top plan View of the cooler;

Figures l and 5 are vertical sectional views at the indicated lines in Figure 3.

Referring now to the drawings, wherein I have illustrated the present preferred embodiment of my invention, I provide the radiator III which is of conventional construction, on which is mounted a pair of relatively spaced cans or containers II for water which is admitted through filler openings I2, closed by caps I3.

Hanger straps i4, having upper hooked ends I5, support the cans II in iront of the radiator shell I6. The hanger straps III are held against accidental displacement from their spaced positions by fasteners Ii which, passing through the hangers, below the hooked end I6, engage the radiator I9. A horizontally disposed pipe or tube I'B is secured to the cans I I in any suitable manner, as by welding or the like. The tube IB eX- tends between the cans Il adjacent the upper ends thereof and communicates with the interior of the cans. `The bottom of the tube I8 is provided with relatively spaced openings I9 and in this pipe, I provide a plurality of felt strips 2D which extend well down into the water in the cans, -as shown in Figure 5, and outwardly and downwardly to be secured at their lower ends between straps 2I and 22 by rivets 23. The straps 2l and 22 are secured to the lower hooked ends 24, which support the cans Il, and are secured. thereto by fasteners 25.

'Ihe cans, as shown, are relatively spaced apart, and the felt strips 20 depend vertically in the space between the cans so that air under pressure of the forward movement of the vehicle, cou pled with the usual fan, will pass through the spaces between the vertical portions of the strips 29, and as the water in the cans is conveyed by the strips 20 into the path of air, the air will be cooled and capable of removing heat from the water in the radiator.

From the foregoing, it Will now be seen that there is herein provided, a radiator cooler which accomplishes all the objects of this invention and others, including many ladvantages of great practical utility and commercial importance.

As many improvements may be made in this inventive concept and as many modications may be made in the embodiment herein shown and described, it is to be understood that all matter herein is to be interpreted merely as illustrative, 'and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

An evaporating cooling means comprising a pair of spaced water tanks, a Z shaped bracket secured to each tank for supporting each tank in front of an apparatus to be cooled, a tube having slots therein connecting the tanks in spaced relation to each other, felt strips having the upper ends thereof positioned in the tube and a portion of the ends of the strips extending longitudinally of the tube in one direction to be immersed in the water of one of the tanks, and the remaining portion of the ends of the strips extending longitudinally of the tube in the opposite direction to be immersed in the water in the other of said tanks, the opposite ends of the felt strips depending vertically from the tube in equal horizontal spaced relation to each other and a pair of strips secured to the lower ends of the felt strips and to the face of the tanks to retain the latter ends of the strips in their normal position.

ARTHUR T. WILDEY.

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